Jamaica`s Veronica Campbell-Brown escapes ban for positive dope test

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 09:16

Jamaica`s twice 200 metres Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has escaped with a public warning by the Jamaica Athletics Administration Association for her use of a banned substance.

Usain Bolt to race 100 metres on major Buenos Aires avenue

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 09:09

Olympic champion Usain Bolt will run a 100 metres exhibition race on a track laid down on the iconic 9 de Julio Avenue in central Buenos Aires in December, local media reported on Tuesday.

Bolt and Farah in running for IAAF award

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 08:40

World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Mohamed Farah of Britain have both been named among those on the 10-man shortlist for the IAAF 2013 World Athlete of the Year Award.

Powell, Simpson have doping hearing set for January

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 09:51

Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 4x100 relay silver medallist Sherone Simpson will appear before a disciplinary panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission in January.

I was nailed on a cross for 25 years: Ben Johnson

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 13:04

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson returned to Seoul`s Olympic Stadium on Tuesday -- 25 years to the day after the steroid-assisted 100m final victory that destroyed his career and reputation.

Sprinter Ben Johnson revisits scene of global disgrace

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 18:14

Disgraced drugs cheat Ben Johnson returned on Tuesday to Seoul`s Olympic Stadium -- 25 years to the day of the steroid-assisted 100m final victory that destroyed his career and reputation.

World`s fastest man Usain Bolt may compete until 2017 World Championships

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 17:20

Usain Bolt, the world`s fastest man, may continue competing until the 2017 world championships in London, the Jamaican told the BBC on Thursday.

No Arjuna Award for Renjith Maheshwary

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:56

The Sports Ministry on Thursday decided not to confer Renjith Maheswary with the prestigious Arjuna award as the triple jumper has been found to have used a `scheduled` substance (ephedrine) back in 2008, putting an end to all speculations regarding his fate.

JSCA puts power back-up in place for CLT20 matches

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 19:58

After the blackout that marred the closing ceremony of the 53rd Inter-State Athletics Meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium, the JSCA stadium has already ensured power backup for the CLT20 beginning here on September 22.

Gebrselassie backs Farah to target `golden treble` at 2016 Rio Olympics

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 17:37

Veteran Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie has backed British Olympic champion Mo Farah to target a golden treble at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Dominique Blake loses appeal on doping violation

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 16:41

Suspended Jamaican 400 metres runner Dominique Blake is yet to decide if she will take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after her appeal was turned down against her six-year ban for a second doping violation.

Don`t switch to marathon, Gebrselassie tells Farah

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:08

Athletics great Haile Gebrselassie warned Britain`s double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah on Friday not to make a premature switch from the track to the marathon.